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House committee advances public education cleanup bill after clarifying kindergarten, fee and reading-software language
Summary
The House Education Standing Committee unanimously amended and passed HB 76, a multi-part cleanup bill that consolidates individual learning plan requirements, adjusts teacher salary supplement distribution, and clarifies kindergarten enrollment and school fees language.
The House Education Standing Committee on Tuesday unanimously amended and passed HB 76, “Public Education Revisions,” after clarifying several technical points including kindergarten enrollment from out‑of‑state programs and a fee provision for fine‑arts courses.
The bill’s sponsor, Representative Rebecca Miller, told the committee the measure is largely a clean‑up requested by the Utah State Board of Education and was approved unanimously by the education interim committee last November. “This bill… removes the requirement for an individual learning plan and increases the amount of funds the LEA can distribute in the teacher salary supplement program,” Miller said, and added that it “adds the Utah Schools for the Deaf and Blind to the salary supplement for highly needed educators.”
The bill also touches on early‑interactive reading software administrative spending…
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